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MQL Chooses R.A.B.I

Meadow Quality is supporting fellow farmers and hopes to change lives for the better after choosing to support the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I) for 2016. Meadow Quality has selected R.A.B.I as its chosen charity and will be working hard to raise awareness of and funds for the invaluable work of R.A.B.I to rural communities.

R.A.B.I supports farming people of all ages if they are in financial difficulty. This may be through one-off or regular grants, as well as providing essential household items and disability equipment. For working farmers R.A.B.I could fund relief staff to help in a crisis or offer training through its Gateway Project to help bring extra income on to the farm. For retired or disabled people R.A.B.I can pay towards care home and home-help costs and the charity also runs two residential homes of its own. Every case is different and the aim of R.A.B.I is to provide a support network and listening ear to farmers in time of struggle.

In 2010 R.A.B.I marked its 150th anniversary. Now every year the welfare charity helps around 2,000 people and gives out approximately £2 million in grants. Their message is simple: times change, but needs don’t. R.A.B.I raises the majority of its money through fundraising events, donations from individuals, businesses and community groups – and so heavily relies on the support from farming organisations such as Meadow Quality.
For more information about R.A.B.I: visit www.rabi.org.uk or call R.A.B.I’s confidential helpline on 0808 281 9490